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I was commanded to update my blog, so here’s an update.

Things with Jenn are still going very well. She’s fantastic. My only worries at this point are that she’s going to snap out of it soon and realize she can do way better than me, and her inevitable departure for graduate school in another state.

I won’t get to see her this weekend or next, though, so anyone who might have been cursing me to themselves for not being available on weekends anymore, now’s your chance to get in some quality JR time. My phone is readied for the avalanche of calls that are no doubt coming.

I was watching TV earlier while enjoying my delicious Get Up And Goji smoothie, and I saw a lame commercial for KFC, advertising some kind of wrap, or something. It was unremarkable, until they showed this wrap being “grilled”:

The grill marks on the wrap are diagonal, while the grill itself is vertical. That amused me.

My Crystal boycott continues.

I may or may not have to look for a job in the not-so-near future. Maybe. I’m not sure. Either way, I’m putting together a resume/portfolio at jrsmith.info, just in case.

Speaking of websites, I’m working on one for Jenn to showcase her art. It’s very simple and no-frills, as per her instruction, but the backend is interesting. It’s entirely fed by her flickr account using the flickr api. It divides them up based on the sets she’s created in flickr. It only displays the images she’s tagged in a certain way. It uses Lightview for lightbox-ish image galleries, and it picks up the title and description from flickr. It also gets the post date and shows an icon on the gallery and image thumbnails to indicate new content. I think it’s pretty cool.

I thought There Will Be Blood should have won Best Picture.

I still need a new car.

I haven’t yet decided whether I want to get another roommate.

I’m thinking about forcing myself into being artistic again. I know of a few other art bloggers that post a drawing or sketch every day. That might be worth looking into. What do you think?

I’m also thinking of changing the structure of this site around again. It’s progressing more and more towards a miniblog, with the use of the sidebar listing all (well, not all) of the things that I do in other places. I’d like to make these blog posts and comments just another item in that list. I’d turn the main page into kind of a magnifying glass on the current day when you first visit, with the ability to browse forward or backward as you wish.

I just need time to do it.

Pop culture: I haven’t read any books in a while. I normally read on the weekends, and my weekends have been pleasantly occupied lately. I’ve been reading Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut when I have time. I’ve been watching The Wire and Breaking Bad, along with an embarrassing number of horrible reality shows like Rock of Love, at the request of my beloved Jenn. I’m listening to the Herbie Hancock CD that won best album at the Grammys, River: The Joni Letters. I’m also listening to the new Z-Trip CD Shifting Gears and the leaked Gnarls Barkley CD The Odd Couple. Movie-wise, I’ve seen Fool’s Gold (ugh), The Other Boleyn Girl (uggh), and CJ and I are supposed to see Be Kind, Rewind at some point. I’ve watched There Will Be Blood, Run Fat Boy Run, The Golden Compass, In The Valley Of Elah, Lars and the Real Girl, Beowulf, Michael Clayton, Elizabeth - The Golden Age, We Own The Night, The Assassination of Jesse James REALLY LONG TITLE, Hitman, Rendition, Juno, Atonement, The Bucket List, The Kite Runner, and Charlie Wilson’s War.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to look up instructions for making resin jewelry for the girl that owns my heart.